Then they opened a couple of bottles of wine – there wasn’t much else left to do. The main requirement for their visa was that they had stayed and worked in and been a part of a community in Spain for three months and a day. In was on this day that Craig had submitted their application and he had supported it with photocopies of their flight and train tickets and the rental agreement for the villa. He had also managed to finish writing his book and publish it, so he could point the authorities to its page on sss where it stated the date of publication. He also had bank statements to prove that they were not destitute. Their paperwork and passports with the necessary stamps were returned to them by post three days before they were hoping to leave, although they could have stayed in the g

